Truex Jr. will move to Michael Waltrip Racing for 2010 season

Truex Jr. will move to Michael Waltrip Racing for 2010 season Scanner Frequencies for Martin Truex Jr.via Nascanner 1 Martin Truex Jr. 466.6875 464.9250 457.6000 "...

GM Says Bankruptcy Won't Affect Its 2010 Olympic Sponsorship Deal

Despite filing for bankruptcy protection today, GM says it will stay committed to its Olympic Sponsorship deal with the 2010 Vancouver Olympic Games. US President Barack Obama announced that GM will file for...

Fifa records $184 Million Profit in 2008

Fifa reported an income close to $1 billion last year with 94 percent generated by television, marketing, and sponsorship money raised from events such as the World Cup. The overall Fifa profit for 2008 was $184...

ING Ending F1 Sponsorship

    ING Groep, the Dutch bank and insurance company, announced Monday that it will not be renewing its sponsorship with Formula One team Renault after 2009. This comes as a cost-cutting measure...

Smoked Fish Out of Water: Bong in Phelps Pic is Poker Champion's

The fallout from a photo showing Michael Phelps smoking marijuana includes a 3-month suspension by USA swimming and no renewal on a sponsorship contract with Kelloggs. The bong used by Phelps was almost sold for...

GM will no longer sponsor Oscars and Emmys due to cost constraints

Another sign that GM is not doing well: it is breaking its sponsorship ties with Oscars and Emmys due to cost constraints. Hence, GM logo will be missing from anniversary 80th Academy Awards and 60th Emmy TV...

Olympic Competition: Ambush Marketers vs Sponsors

An Olympic match is already taking place before the Beijing Games actually start.This time, it's between ambush marketers and actual Olympic sponsors. Hooligans, the dreaded villains at sporting events, are...

Coca-Cola Defends Olympics Deal

It's not surprising that Coca-Cola is defending its sponsorship of the 2008 Olympics in Beijing but what is problematic, in my view, is Coke's failure to differentiate between the "credo of the Olympic movement"...

INDY DownForce And Marketing Blunders :: Symblogogy

"Promotional graphic used by INDY DownForce to promote mobile information alert applications. Non-sponsoring company product married to a log-time IRL racing team and series sponsor from the same mobile products...

Canadian Cycling Team Symmetrics Feels Financial Heat

One of the best stories in Canadian Cycling from 2007 may become one of the most unfortunate in 2008. After a phenomenal showing last year, including Svein Tuft winning the overall UCI America Tour. The team is...

Night of the Living Fed

"Night of the Living Fed Paul Krugman is writing about The Face-Slap Theory."The scariest thing I’ve read recently is a speech given last week by Tim Geithner, the president of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. Mr. Geithner came as close as a Fed official can to...

Apple, iTunes sync with American Idol

Apple is on-board to help sell Idols.At this point in the competition, however, the prospect of downloading a Stevie Wonder classic that's been brutalized by a top 24 AI contestant, just ain't that...

McDonald's Report Card Scheme Canceled

A school disrtict in Florida that had agreed to allow McDonald's to sponsor their report cards and offer fast-food "incentives" for academic performance is now pulling a U-turn."McDonald's Corp. has voluntarily...

VELUX renews title sponsorship of VELUX 5 OCEANS

"The VELUX Group, and the race's British promoter, Clipper Ventures Plc, have not disclosed the amount of the sponsorship agreement, but the investment has significantly increased from the previous race. The increase is a sign both of the overall value of the sponsorship and...

Orchestra wins £20m sponsorship

"Salford City Council has announced a £20m sponsorship deal with the prestigious BBC Philharmonic orchestra. The partnership has been formed as the orchestra prepares to move from its current base at Manchester's Broadcasting House to Salford Quays. The BBC Philharmonic will...

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